711.652/69: Telegram
The Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State
Rome, October 6, 1936—7
p.m.
[Received October 6—2:50 p.m.]
[Received October 6—2:50 p.m.]
404. I was received this afternoon by the Chief of the Government. After an exchange of greetings he evidenced an interest in our political situation and when I mentioned the draft treaty of friendship and commerce which I was about to communicate to the Foreign Office he expressed a hope that we might arrive at some closer commercial understanding. While the reception was brief and necessarily somewhat formal Mussolini was decidedly friendly in his attitude toward the United States.
Phillips